Michael Waltrip won the pole. I repeat, Michael Waltrip won the pole.How did it happen? Maybe NASCAR figured he's been slow all year that he didn't need a restrictor plate for this weekend's UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega. Maybe it was the fuel. Or what they put in the fuel...
Let me make sure I've got this straight -- restrictor plate racing is so easy that Michael Waltrip can put his car on the pole, but we're all worried about whether or not Jacques Villeneuve is worthy of a Nextel Cup Series start? Villeneuve, by the way, qualfied 6th.
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Double-digits in wins at Waterford Speedbowl apparently earn you a quick trip home from Oxford Plains Speedway.
Bruce Thomas Jr., who competes at the small Connecticut track, ran away with Waterford's Late Model championship this year. That wasn't especially hard to do it seems -- think: Super Street division at Wiscasset Raceway. There were usually only a dozen cars.
He came to Oxford for his ACT debut on Saturday, and spun out while running all alone and leading his heat race -- just a lap and a half after the field took the green. Tough times.
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The 48 cars entered in the New England Dodge Dealers 150 at OPS came as a surprise to most people, including ACT officials. They were hoping they'd just have enough to fill out the 33-car starting grid.
Early reports out of All-Star Speedway, though unconfirmed, had somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 Super Late Models signing in for the PASS North Series 150 tonight.
Why so many cars in these places? The season's almost over, and there aren't that many chances left to run cars. Fan interest may be waning with things like high school football, county fairs and hunting seasons, but for teams, it's a scramble to get to as many races as they can before the snow flies.
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Oh how it just keeps getting deeper. I really hate educating ignorant people with no NASCAR experience who think they should write on the subject. Why do I keep doing it...sigh
Talladega and Daytona are the tracks where anyone can qualify. All the teams in the top 35 are practicing and qualifying in race setups. Those outside of the top 35 are in qualifing setups. This will become very evident when in the first 20 laps Villeneuve and Mikey are hanging on to the draft for dear life.
By the way Einstein, no one was worried about Villeneuve making one quick lap around the track by himself...Its the running 3 wide at 200 mph inches away from other cars on every side for 200 laps in his very first cup race. Something he has never done in his life.
Seriously, do you know more about the NFL or MLB? Obviously you need a great deal of education on Nascar before you should discuss it.
Here for support...DG
Thanks, DG, for educating me. I'm such an idiot.
It's called sarcasm -- look into it. I know the difference betweeen restrictor plate tracks and road courses. I think.
TB
Lots of cars to go around...thats great!
When five of the 15 fastest cars can't get in the race because of rules protecting the top 35 car owners, something isn't right.
Fans want to see the fastest 43 cars on the track, not the highest cars in the point standings.
Something needs to be done. It's stupid to send a driver home who is faster than 35 other cars on the track.
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